Nia Coffey (born June 11, 1995) is an American professional basketball player with the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). A small forward, she was drafted with the fifth overall pick in the 2017 WNBA draft, which is the highest of any Northwestern basketball player in school history.[1]
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Position | Small forward | ||||||||||||||
League | WNBA | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born | (1995-06-11) June 11, 1995 (age 29) Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 182 lb (83 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school | Hopkins (Minnetonka, Minnesota) | ||||||||||||||
College | Northwestern (2013–2017) | ||||||||||||||
WNBA draft | 2017: 1st round, 5th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
Selected by the San Antonio Stars | |||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2017–present | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | San Antonio Stars / Las Vegas Aces | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Atlanta Dream | ||||||||||||||
2020 | Phoenix Mercury | ||||||||||||||
2021 | Los Angeles Sparks | ||||||||||||||
2022–present | Atlanta Dream | ||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Stats at WNBA.com | |||||||||||||||
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Coffey went to Hopkins High SchoolinMinnetonka, Minnesota where she was a McDonald's All-American.[2]
She is the daughter of former NBA player, Richard Coffey, and the sister of NBA player, Los Angeles Clipper Amir Coffey.[3]
Nia Coffey Entered her first year at Northwestern as the starting Power Forward. On November 5, 2013, she made her collegiate debut recording 14 pts, 6 Rebounds, 4 Assists and 2 blocks in a 98–57 win over Lewis University.[4] At the end of her freshman season she was the first player in Northwestern History to be named first team all Big Ten as a freshman.[5]
On January 29, 2015, Coffey hit her career high of 35 points in a 102–99 loss against Iowa[6]
In Her Junior Season she broke the Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball record for most rebounds in a season with 344. Which she held until the 2017–2018 season.[7] She ended that season as an Honorable Mention for a spot on the WBCA All American Team and on the AP All American Team [5]
In her Senior Season Coffey Broke the NU Records for most Consecutive Games scoring in Double Figures, Total Rebounds, Free Throws Made, Free Throw Attempts and FGA in a career. She received another Honorable Mention for the AP All American Team.[8]
Nia Coffey ended her career as the first Player in NU history to make the All Big Ten First Team (Coaches) in all 4 years of playing. She also made All Big Ten First Team (Media) in her final 3 seasons. Coffey Led NU in scoring and rebounding for all 4 years of her career.[8]
On April 13, 2017, Coffey was drafted by the San Antonio Stars with the 5th pick of the 2017 WNBA Draft.[9] This was the highest any NU Basketball player had ever been drafted.
She made her debut on May 13, 2017, in the season opener against the New York Liberty[10]
On May 27, 2018, she scored her career high of 23 points in a 98–103 loss against the Seattle Storm.[11]
on April 11, 2019, she was traded to the Atlanta Dream in a 3 team trade where the Aces received Sugar Rodgers.[12]
On February 19, 2020, Coffey was traded to the Phoenix Mercury as part of a three-team trade.[13]
On February 10, 2021, Coffey was waived.[14]
On March 4, 2021, Coffey was signed to the Los Angeles Sparks[15]
On June 1, 2021, she got a career-high 6 blocks in a game against the Dallas Wings[16]
This season Coffey scored a Career High 8.3 PPG and also received a career high in minutes.
On February 1, 2022, Coffey Signed a 1-year deal with the Dream.[17]
On February 1, 2023, Coffey Re-Signed a 2nd 1-year deal with the dream.[18]
On February 1, 2024, Coffey Re-Signed with the dream on a 2-year contract.[19]
Coffey played for Team USA in the 2013 Fiba Under 19 World Championship for Women. She broke the Team USA record for most free throws without a miss in the U19 tournament with 11.[20]
Source[21]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2013-14 | Northwestern | 32 | 490 | 46.4% | 31.3% | 66.9% | 8.1 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 15.3 |
2014-15 | Northwestern | 32 | 505 | 44.0% | 32.8% | 62.1% | 8.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 15.8 |
2015-16 | Northwestern | 35 | 711 | 43.2% | 31.4% | 62.5% | 9.8 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 20.3 |
2016-17 | Northwestern | 29 | 581 | 42.9% | 28.0% | 71.2% | 10.4 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 20.0 |
Career | 128 | 2287 | 44.0% | 30.7% | 65.9% | 9.2 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 17.9 |
Source[22]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2017 | San Antonio | 27 | 1 | 7.8 | .271 | .000 | .727 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.8 |
2018 | Las Vegas | 28 | 10 | 13.8 | .380 | .400 | .618 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 5.3 |
2019 | Atlanta | 28 | 6 | 13.9 | .338 | .379 | .548 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 5.0 |
2020 | Phoenix | 15 | 1 | 15.3 | .421 | .333 | .167 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.7 |
2021 | Los Angeles | 32° | 17 | 25.2 | .421 | .417 | .778 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 8.3 |
2022 | Atlanta | 16 | 16 | 21.0 | .347 | .290 | .742 | 5.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 6.4 |
2023 | Atlanta | 31 | 31 | 21.9 | .432 | .402 | .625 | 4.8 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 6.9 |
Career | 7 years, 4 teams | 177 | 82 | 17.2 | .386 | .383 | .646 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 5.4 |